Hey Guys! We have yet another exciting contest for you to enter via your generous donations! We have a number of dedicated signed images from the very lovely Courtenay Taylor available for you to win!

Courtenay is a prolific voice actress and has appeared in many premiere video game titles such as Resident Evil, XCOM, Star Wars KOTOR, Halo Wars and Mass Effect! She graciously approached us a few weeks ago, and we are honoured to have her on board.

All you need to do is donate, winners will be chosen at random, all that will be required is what picture you’d like from Courtenay (out of either Ada or Jack images), a name for the person you wish the picture dedicated too, as well as an address Courtenay can send it off to! Best of luck!

]]>https://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/courtenay-taylor-autographed-photo-giveaway-promo-for-g4sh-donor/feed/0480631_10100411786658426_1842088696_ncommanderbedlamA Brief History of G4SH, Expressing Gratitude & What’s in Storehttps://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/a-brief-history-of-g4sh-expressing-gratitude-whats-in-store/
https://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/a-brief-history-of-g4sh-expressing-gratitude-whats-in-store/#respondThu, 28 Feb 2013 01:37:00 +0000http://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/?p=386]]>Hi everyone! My name is Yesika Reyes (some of you may know me as Benny online) and I’m the founder of Gamers for Sandy Hook. When news first broke out about the Sandy Hook shooting, people including myself were expressing their grief and anger on their respective social media accounts. This tragedy affected me deeply mostly because I was always a kid at heart who loved to play and take care of children. To see their lives taken at such a young age saddens me to no bounds. Yet, that doesn’t even come close to the grief the victim’ families and friends must be feeling. I desperately wanted to help like many others. Thus, I scoured online for ways to help and found numerous drives and fundraisers. Even after that, I was still fueled with drive to make a difference.

Consequently, my love for video games inspired me to create Gamers for Sandy Hook. It started out as a pitch I tossed around to my friends. Eventually, my friend Michael Zack and myself formally launched the fundraiser after discussing our shared drive to help our grieving brothers and sisters out. A few weeks later, we were joined by Chrissy Shepard, Jennifer Munoz, Nick Boreggo, and David Goman. Together, we spent most of our Christmas break writing e-mails and sending tweets to various figures in the video game industry hoping they can help us enact our vision. These individuals are some of the best people I have worked with. Each one of them carries their own bottle of passion, initiative, creativity and determination. Truly, the best team anyone could ever ask for.

We started out with a goal of $1,000 and even at that we thought it would be a significant challenge. However, after receiving numerous donations we elected to raise it to $5,000 mostly to grant an allowance. We were happy enough that we were able to do our part regardless if we reached our new goal of $5,000 or not. Yet, here we are with over $5,135 donations in total. It’s truly heartwarming to see this massive outpouring of generosity and kindness especially from fellow video game enthusiasts.

Thank you to everyone who has supported us! We appreciate every donation whether big or small. Every ‘share’ and ‘tweet’ means a lot to us as well. In addition, thank you to all our endorsers from the video game industry who like us poured their hearts out into G4SH! Mark Meer, Elias Toufexis, Kate Drummond, Sam Hulick, D.C Douglas, Gwendoline Yeo, Rana McAnear and Courtenay Taylor will always be heroes in our hearts.

To be honest, we were completely surprised by the flow of donations because we still had a couple of promos planned. Thankfully, we will still be able to accept donations until the end of March. Razoo will close all fundraisers for Sandy Hook around this date as well. We might have reached our goal now, but we are still continuing our efforts to raise as much as we can. So stick around for more promos and what not! G4SH will still be around.

Once again, thank you and good night!

– Yesika Reyes

]]>https://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/a-brief-history-of-g4sh-expressing-gratitude-whats-in-store/feed/0header5.jpgcommanderbedlamRana McAnear donated two autographed pictures for a giveawayhttps://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/rana-mcanear-donated-two-autographed-pictures-for-a-giveaway/
https://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/rana-mcanear-donated-two-autographed-pictures-for-a-giveaway/#respondSun, 24 Feb 2013 23:29:41 +0000http://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/?p=378]]>Gamers for Sandy Hook is happy to announce that Rana McAnear donated two autographed pictures to be given away to two random donors.

Rana is the face model for Samara and Morinth, two popular characters from the award winning video game series called Mass Effect. She attends video game convention and is a well known cosplayer.

We are grateful for her generous donation and look forward to giving away these two autographed pictures to two very lucky donors shortly.

]]>https://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/rana-mcanear-donated-two-autographed-pictures-for-a-giveaway/feed/0Rana-McAnearpressstart2beginRana1RanaGet to Know the Winners of the D.C Douglas Skype Datehttps://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/17/get-to-know-the-winners-of-the-d-c-douglas-skype-date/
https://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/17/get-to-know-the-winners-of-the-d-c-douglas-skype-date/#commentsMon, 18 Feb 2013 01:32:22 +0000http://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/?p=372]]>Recently, we announced that Yossi Flores and Christine Panchuk won the chance to have a Skype Date with G4SH supporter D.C Douglas. They might have engaged in a heated bidding war for the prize, but it was no surprise that our kind hearted donors eventually became friends. Check out the videos they made before the Skype Date! In addition, here is in an insightful blog post by Yossi about her experience.

]]>https://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/17/get-to-know-the-winners-of-the-d-c-douglas-skype-date/feed/1charity-sandy-hook-charitycommanderbedlamG4SH Podcast: D.C Douglas Skype Datehttps://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/g4sh-podcast-d-c-douglas-skype-date/
https://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/g4sh-podcast-d-c-douglas-skype-date/#commentsMon, 11 Feb 2013 03:26:23 +0000http://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/?p=365]]>In this podcast, the staff discusses the D.C Douglas Skype Date and the heated bidding wars between Yossi and Christine. Tune in as well to find out about our last promos for this fundraiser!

Gamers For Sandy Hook is delighted to announce further support from voice actress Gwendoline Yeo! We have yet another Skype date for you guys to win via your generous donations! Gwendoline Yeo is known for many roles in film, TV series and video games including the up and coming Fuse, the God Of War series, Final Fantasy, The Dark Knight Returns and Mass Effect. She has shown interest in the charity in the past, producing an endorsement video.

For your chance to speak to Gwendoline, all you have to do is donate as much as $20 and over to be automatically entered into the competition. Don’t forget to leave a note when you donate, noting this is for the Gwendoline Yeo promo! If you’ve made a donation previously and want it to count towards this promo, send us an e-mail through our “Contact Us” page to notify us!

It will be open until February 22! G4SH will inform you via Twitter/FB/ or email if you have won. Gwendoline herself will arrange the date with you! Best of luck!

]]>https://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/gwendoline-yeo-skype-date-promo/feed/0gyeo-datecommanderbedlamMD Talks About Her Upcoming Skype Date with Mark Meerhttps://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/02/md-talks-about-her-upcoming-skype-date-with-mark-meer/
https://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/02/md-talks-about-her-upcoming-skype-date-with-mark-meer/#respondSat, 02 Feb 2013 05:22:33 +0000http://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/?p=342]]>Recently, everyone was able to witness how our first Skype date promo concluded. A shocking turn of events revealed bouts of generosity from our winners! Unexpecting winner MD discusses how she got the Skype date and her excitement for it!

]]>https://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/02/md-talks-about-her-upcoming-skype-date-with-mark-meer/feed/0commander_shepard_by_donabruja-d58u8nmcommanderbedlamG4SH is Giving Away Limited Edition Mass Effect Postcards!https://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/g4sh-is-giving-away-limited-edition-mass-effect-postcards/
https://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/g4sh-is-giving-away-limited-edition-mass-effect-postcards/#commentsSat, 02 Feb 2013 00:04:47 +0000http://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/?p=338]]>Sam Hulick, the composer of the beloved Mass Effect series, will be signing limited edition Mass Effect postcards for G4SH! Can you have your name signed on it? Of course. We will be giving away quite a handful of these to random donors! Who is qualified? Well, basically anyone who donated regardless of when it was given. We appreciate all the support! G4SH is happy to reciprocate the generosity we’ve received. We love you all!

]]>https://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/g4sh-is-giving-away-limited-edition-mass-effect-postcards/feed/1autographed_postcardscommanderbedlamautographed_postcardsRana McAnear endorses Gamers for Sandy Hookhttps://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/rana-mcanear-endorses-gamers-for-sandy-hook/
https://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/rana-mcanear-endorses-gamers-for-sandy-hook/#respondFri, 01 Feb 2013 10:36:09 +0000http://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/?p=333]]>Gamers for Sandy Hook is proud to announce that we received an endorsement from Rana McAnear. Rana is famous for being the face model for Samara and Morinth from the Mass Effect series, as well as for her skills as cosplaying.

]]>https://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/rana-mcanear-endorses-gamers-for-sandy-hook/feed/0Rana-McAnearpressstart2beginAnd The Lucky Donor Who Gets to Have a Skype Date w/ Mark Meer is…https://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/and-the-lucky-donor-who-gets-to-have-a-skype-date-w-mark-meer-is/
https://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/and-the-lucky-donor-who-gets-to-have-a-skype-date-w-mark-meer-is/#respondTue, 29 Jan 2013 04:39:02 +0000http://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/?p=324]]>Hey everyone! Listen to the podcast to know who the winner is There’s a twist so be sure to listen up. We are also discussing our current and upcoming promos for G4SH, so a lot of exciting things coming. Thanks for all the suport!
]]>https://gamersforsandyhook.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/and-the-lucky-donor-who-gets-to-have-a-skype-date-w-mark-meer-is/feed/0markmeer-datecommanderbedlam